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S. B. MINNIGH.

BROOM HOLDER.

No. 398,482. Patented FebrZ6, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON l). MINNICH, OF LANDISVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO JACOB ill. GREIDER, OF SAME PLACE.

BROOM-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,432, dated February 26, 1889..

Serial No. 228,741. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, SIMON 1'3. MINNICII, a citizen of the United States, residing at Landisvillc, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Broom-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in broom-holders; and it consists in the combination of parts herein fully described and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view oi. the spring attached to the plateby means of cleats located on the outside of the spring; Fig. 2, a view of the same with the cleats on the inside of the spring; and Fig. 3, a horizontal section through the line a: in of Fig. 1. V

The holder consists of a single piece, A, of spring-steel wire, bent somewhat in the shape of a horseshoe, with the ends brought near together, leaving a space between them something less than the ordinary thickness ot a broom-handle. "th ends are bent outward about at right angles with the spring, so as to form arms 1 sufficiently long to receive the handle of a broom when thrust between them, the ends of the arms curving outward from each other to more readily receive anything thrust between them.

This holder I attach to a plate, C, by either of the methods illustrated. In the method shown in Fig. 1 the lower part of the spring rests in a channel formed by two parallel flanges, c, on. the face of the plate, while each side is secured by means of a cleat, D, on the outside of the spring, with the retaining-arm extending inward. That represented in Fig.

2 is the same in all respects, excepting that the cleat is secured to the plate on the inside 0t the wire, with the retaining-arm extending outward over it. In both cases the cleats are so located as to allow for the movement of the spring. In the first case the spring. after the bend is fixed in the channel, is inserted in the cleats by compressing it, and in the latter by expanding it. The plate is fastened wherever desirable by means of screws As will be observed, the ends of the spring curve inward above the retaining-points at the sides, so that the weight of the broom tends to increase the grip of the arms l upon the han dle.

This holder can be fixed against any part of the wall at such heightas may be most 5 5 convenient, the broom being hung up in it by simply thrusting the handle between the arms 13 in a vertical position.

This device, simple as it is, will be found of great convenience to all l'iousekeepers, who are universally annoyed by having their brooms standing about in corners, chimney places, and closets.

Having thus deserilmd my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to seen re by Letters 6 5 Patent, is

A broom-holder composed of a single piece of spring-wire having the center resting in a channel, each side secured above said channel by a cleat, and a plate to which the flanges forming the channel and the cleats are secured, the ends of the wire rising upward from said cleats and having their extremities bent outward therefrom to form arms, substantially as specified.

SIMON 1;. MIXNICH.

Witnesses:

M. N. BRUBAKER, WM. R. GERI-IART. 

